RURAli  NEW-YORKER 
Ration  for  Breeders  ;  Marshy  Poultry  Run 
1.  What  would  be  a  Rood  ration  for  a 
17  C1  breeding  flock  of  Leghorn sV  I  have  fed 
firn  A  rnwrnw  the  ,aJ'01'8  tbe  Connecticut.  Experiment 
OLO.  A.  co>.groye.  station  dry  mash  and  a  scratch  grain 
~~  ■  ration  varying  at  times  according  to  the 
Pullet  Layers  grain  prices ;  but  I  understand  that  this 
t  ton  t  is  too  much  of  a  forcing  ration  to  give 
-wri  °*wn  °As  n!  !!lt  best  results  for  a  breeding  flock.  I  have 
pullets,  about  3->0  of  these  weie  hatched  on  [iarKi  cabbage  and  mangels  for  green 
Apnl  S.  I  am  getting  ,»o  eggs  each_  day.  fOCKj  anci  plenty  of  whole  corn.  Should  it 
They  first  commenced  to  laj  Sept,  i  and  mq  gjVP  goor|  results  in  feeding  a  breed- 
on  Oct.  -•>  I  was  getting  the  same  aver-  jng  fjook.  or  laying  dock  either,  to  reduce 
ugc  mi  in  her  of  eggs  as  now.  those  that  the  quantity  of  cornmeal  in  the  mash  and 
laio  September  seem  to  have  stopped  and  fec<|  morc  heavily  of  corn  in  the  scratch 
others  keep  starting  up,  but  the  average  grain? 
does  not  increase.  They  are  well  devel-  »  j  A  qiqv;<,nMe  in  fencing  in  n  nme* 
^ned  H  vim?  f« 'growing  chickens  to  include  a  small 
on6  ,  ^  Y-  VI  -  stream  and  slightly  marshy  land?  I  have 
Tliey_  are  fed  about  lu  pound.-,  .-.narth  read  that  chickens  are  apt  to  pick  up 
feed  <  A.  M.,  composed  of  two  parts  each  tapeworms  or  small  intestinal  worms  in 
cracked  corn  and  wheat,  and  one  part  such  places?  Is  this  usually  admitted  to 
each  best  oats  and  buckwheat  ;  all  the  tjje  cage?  if  not,  the  stream  and 
cabbage  they  will  eat;  11  A.  M.  scalded  marshy  land  would  seem  to  offer  a  good 
mash  ( Storrs  Agricultural  College  ra-  many  natural  advantages,  especially  in  a 
tion)  all  they  will  eat  up  quickly,  and  at  dry  Summer.  j.  f,  T. 
12  o’clock  I  open  up  the  dry  mash  hop-  Connecticut. 
pers  (Storrs  ration).  Between  3.30  and  j  The  only  change  that  I  would  ad- 
f  ^  '  ^  vise  feeding  a  flock  that  is  lining  kept 
of  scratch  feed.  1  hey  have  beet  scraps,  over  for  breeding  purposes  is  to  reduce  the 
shell  grit  and  charcoal  always  in  front  am0lUlt  of  ineat  food  and  to  feed  more  of 
of  them.  Can  you  tell  me  why  you  think  tlie  Tatiou  in  the  form  0f  wliole  grains ; 
I  am  not  getting  a  better  yield  ot  eggs,  this  to  induce  a  greater  amount  of  exer- 
P-r  you  think  this  is  a  fair  average,  and  cige  and  to  prevent  the  laying  on  of  an 
it  it  is  usual  for  April-hatched  Leghorn  excessive  amount  of  fat.  A  flock  so  fed 
pullets  to  lay  for  a  time  and  then  fall  off  -\Viij  not  lav  as  ruanv  eggs  through  the 
laying  without  going  into  a  molt?  H.  c.  Winter,  hut  wall  be  in  condition  to  pro- 
Jfew  York.  duce  eggs  of  greater  fertility  when  they 
Your  pullets  arc  doing  well;  much  Inrg-  5Le  needed  for  hatching  in  the  Spring, 
er  yields  are  occasionally  reported  but  U  'V1°v‘  C0’’P  niakes  up  a  large  part  of 
smaller  ones  are  the  rule.  Pullets  do  not  *he.  £rain  r;mr.ni’  amount  of  corn  meal 
S^cbeSw  toVd  "hetlier  <h0 
at  five  months  indicates  that  the  birds  com  is  ted  whole  01  feiound. 
have  been  pushed  from  the.  start  and  .  1  ]\now  of  no  good  reasons  for 
yours  must  be  well  developed  for  their  thinking  that  a  swampy  place  is  detri¬ 
age.  If  they  go  through  the  Winter  as  mental  to  fowls,  so  long  as  they  are  not 
Well  as  they  have  begun,  you  will  have  confined  to  it.  A  running  stream  is  Cer- 
no  reason  to  complain.  You  are  feeding  a  great  labor  saver.  Whether  the 
heavily  of  meat  and  should  bo  on  your  PpPular  idea  that  n  swampy  place  fur- 
guard  for  evidences  of  excess  in  this  re-  ™h,es  a  of  intestinal  worms  to 
*  nr  tj  n  fowls  ranging  over  it  has  any  basis  in 
’ 1  ‘  _  ....  faet  or  noj.  j  am  llUil)3]e  to  say,  but  it 
.  docs  not  seem  likely  to  me.  M.  B.  D.. 
Hatching  for  Summer  Eggs 
I  have  a  big  demand  for  Summer  eggs. 
Would  it  be  a  good  plan  to  hatch  part 
of  the  pullets  in  late  Fall  instead  of 
March  or  April?  It  brings  up  other 
problems  and  changes,  especially  if  one 
keeps  hens  to  lay  several  seasons.  Some 
say  Leghorns  do  not  do  their  best  in 
Winter  and  can  be  depended  on  for 
Summer  eggs,  but  late  Summer  and  early 
Fall  finds  an  unsupplied  demand  what¬ 
ever  breed  is  kept.  If  some  one  has  had 
experience  in  filling  the  egg  basket  at 
that  time  I  would  like  to  hear  from  him. 
Connecticut.  P.  C.  c. 
This  man  wants  what  all  the  hen  men 
want,  viz.,  eggs  in  late  Summer  and  early 
Fall.  But  it  is  only  the  very  best  hens, 
the  exceptionally  good  layers  that  con¬ 
tinue  to  produce  eggs  in  the  Fall  or  late 
Summer  months.  Chickens  hatched  in 
September  never,  or  very  seldom,  make  as 
good  growth  as  the  March  and  April 
chicks,  and  although  they  may  not  Start 
to  lay  until  February  they  are  quite  liable 
to  hear  nature’s  call  to  grow  a  new  coat 
of  feathers  when  the  rest  do,  and  stop 
laying  to  grow  the  Winter  protection. 
All  the  animals  do,  except  man.  The 
horse  sheds  his  short  Summer  hair,  and 
grows  a  longer  coat,  all  the  wild  animals 
do,  and  it  is  only  natural  for  the  birds 
to  do  the  same.  Men  have  tried  to 
change  this  by  forcing  the  hens  to  molt 
early  starving  them  for  ft  couple'  of  weeks 
until  egg  production  had  censed,  then  by 
Very  liberal  feeding  start  them  to  molt¬ 
ing.  This  has  frequently  been  done,  but 
when  the  natural  time  for  molting  came, 
the  hens  would  molt  again,  not  always, 
perhaps,  but  as  a  rule.  Doesn't  P.  C.  C. 
know  that  if  any  poultryman  knew  how 
to  make  hens  lay  well  in  November  and 
December  he  could  easily  get  rich,  but 
if  everybody  could  do  it,  the  price  of 
eggs  would  be  as  low  as  at  any  time  of 
year?  The  fact  that  eggs  command  50 
to  60  cents  a  dozen  at  this  time  of  year, 
is  evidence  that  poultrymen  have  not  dis¬ 
covered  liow  to  make  liens  lay  at  this 
season.  geo.  a.  cosgkove. 
Imperial  Progressives, 
Wm.  R.  Wells,  Rhode,  Island - 
Black  Rhinelanders. 
A.  Schwarz,  California  . 
Hoff’s  “VITALITY”  Day-Old 
Chicks  of  Quality 
S.  C.  Whito  Leghorns  «ml  Rhode  Island  Reds 
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stamina  ;uid  vitality  Thu  result*  of  over  a  quarter  of  a 
century’s  experience.  I  guarantee  to  ihi  Properly 
Hatched  Healthy,  VJgafQllp  Day-old  Chicks,  the  kind 
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and  March  delivery.  Send  for  my  illustrated  booklet  and 
reasonable  prices.  Also  Eggs  for  Hatching- 
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EGG-LAYING  CONTEST 
The  eighth  week  of  the  contest  shows  a 
gain  of  212  eggs,  as  compared  with  the 
previous  week.  The  White  Leghorns  cou- 
trilwted  only  22  eggs  to  this  gain.  White 
Wyandotte?  take  first  and  second  place 
this  week;  Tom  Barron’s  pen  taking  first 
place  with  an  output  of  47  eggs.  Mrs.  R. 
W.  Stevens  of  New  York  being  second 
with  a  score  of  4.7.  Jacob  E.  Jansen  of 
Connecticut  takes  third  place  with  his 
R.  I.  Reds,  score  43.  P.  W.  Backus  of 
Ontario  is  fourth,  his  pen  of  White  Wy¬ 
andot  tea  laying  41.  Jules  F.  Francais’ 
Barred  Rocks  still  lead  in  the  total  score 
with  an  output  of  316.  and  Tom  Barron’s 
White  Wyandottes  are  next  with  a  total 
of  276.  Leghorns  stand  third  in  the 
totals,  Will  Barron's  pen  having  laid  272. 
Notwithstanding  the  cold  and  damp 
weather  we  have  had  this  Fall,  the  man¬ 
agement  at  Storrs  are  gratified  to  know 
that  up  to  this  week  the  fowls  have  laid 
204  eggs  more  than  were  laid  last  year 
at  this  date.  These  egg  laying  contests 
by  stimulating  efforts  io  produce  better 
layers,  and  the  spreading  abroad  among 
other  poultrymen  of  the  male  birds  from 
the  best  producing  flocks,  cannot  help  but 
be  of  great  benefit  to  the  whole  people  of 
this  country,  for  everybody  uses  eggs,  and 
the  more  abundant  they  are  the  more  will 
be  used.  The  week’s  report  follows : 
Barred  Rocks.  "Week  Total 
A.  B.  Hall,  Connecticut .  17  134 
Mrs.  Andreas  Brooks,  New  York .  3  10 
Frank  T„  Tuttle.  MasMu-Klntotts .  20  320 
Jules  F.  Praneais,  Long  Island .  39  310 
Hampton  Institute.  Virginia  .  18  130 
F'nlrflelds  Farms,  New  Hnmpshlre....  39  240 
O.  A.  Foster.  California .  21  88 
OregOD  Agr.  College,  Oregon.........  25  147 
Rock  Rose  Farm,  New  York •  18  114 
Mendelny  Poultry  Yards,  Ohio  .  12  54 
White  Rocks. 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut.,.., . .  16  37 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut, .  ...... .  26  108 
Albert  T.  Lenzen,  Massachusetts .  26  61 
Kewccnah  Farm.  Massachusetts .  13  115 
Holllston  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts..  22  ICO 
Buff  Rooks. 
A.  A.  Hall,  Connecticut .  13  26 
Columbian  Rocks. 
Mrs.  George  R.  Wilcox,  Connecticut..  7  8 
White  Wyandottes. 
Lime  Ridge  Farm,  Yew  York .  32  94 
National  White  Wyan.  Club,  Pa .  23  80 
Obed  G.  Knight,  Rhode  Island .  39  209 
P.  W.  Backus,  Ontario  .  41  164 
Beulah  Farm,  Ontario  .  16  108 
Vine  mil  Farm,  Massachusetts .  12  70 
Mrs.  R.  W.  Stevens,  New  York .  45  227 
Everett  E.  Wheeler,  Massachusetts. . .  26  131 
J.  E.  Watson.  Connecticut .  11  14 
Tom  Barron,  England  .  47  276 
Marsden  Cross  1*.  Farm,  England....,  34  152 
Neale  Bros.,  Rhode  Island . 19  45 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut...,,  22  92 
Silver  Wyandottes. 
Mrs.  Lena  C.  Bray,  Missouri.. . .  21  81 
Columbian  Wyandottes, 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut. . . ..  G  20 
Buff  Wyaudottes. 
Dr.  N.  W.  Sanborn.  Massachusetts...  20  188 
G.  Arthur  Cook,  Massachusetts......  18  150 
Rhode  Island  Reds, 
Colonial  Farm,  New  Hampshire .  19  158 
A.  B.  Bmndage,  Connecticut .  15  96 
Hiilview  Poultry  Farm,  Vermont....  37  180 
Homer  P.  Dealing,  Connecticut .  23  56 
Charles  O.  Polhetnus,  New  York. .  32  162 
s.  g.  McLean,  Connecticut .  10  35 
Springdale  Poultry  Farm,  Connecticut  22  92 
Laurel  Hill  Farm,  Rhode  Island .  4  6 
H.  W.  Sanborn,  Massachusetts .  16  141 
Harry  B.  Cook,  Connecticut . .  21  113 
A.  IV,  Timuery,  New  Hampshire . .  35  108 
F.  D,  Clark.  Connecticut .  22  146 
Allan's  Hnrdtohent  tteds.  Rhode  Island  21  133 
Charles  Becker,  Connecticut  .  21  71 
Fatherland  Karin,  Massackusc.tts  ....  26  1J7 
Jacob  E.  Jansen.  Connecticut........  43  183 
H.  W.  ColUngwood.  New  Jersey......  21  79 
w.  H.  Bums  to  ad,  Connecticut........  6  40 
Pineorest  Orchards,  Massachusetts...  34  149 
Hampton  Institute,  Virginia  .  31  128 
Jos.  Brandenburg,  Michigan .  21  92 
White  Leghorns. 
A.  B.  Hall,  Connecticut .  20  228 
Braes! tic  Poultry  Farm,  Pa .  9  170 
Jay  II.  Ern Isse.  Now  York .  12  126 
Broad  Brook  Farm,  New  York.......  4  26 
Janies  H.  Lord,  Massachusetts .  5  101 
Mrs.  Roliin  S.  Woodruff.  Connecticut.  11  95 
Wliulsweep  Farm,  Connecticut. ......  0  151 
Francis  P.  Lincoln.  Connecticut .  19  151 
P.  G,  Platt,  Pennsylvania .  9  62 
Dictograph  Poultry  Farm,  New  York.  16  83 
F.  RJ.  Beasley,  Connecticut... .  4  150 
Cbas.  Helgl,  Ohio .  77 
Tom  Barron,  England  .  23  208 
Will  Barron,  England  .  39  272 
J.  Colliusou,  England  .  16  159 
Marsd'cn  Cross  V.  Farm.  England,...  13  169 
Builtkill  Poultry  Farm,  Pa .  5  99 
A.  P.  nohiusou.  New  York. . .  11  179 
River  Ledge  Farm,  Connecticut. .... .  18  76 
Frank  R.  Hancock,  Vermont. .  23  147 
Margarets  P.  Farm,  OUio  . 9  55 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  .  16  85 
Branford  Farm.  Connecticut  .  26  116 
W.  10.  AtRlnson,  Connecticut  .  6  11-8 
Ellis  W.  Bentley,  New  York  .  11  122 
N.  W.  Ileudryx,  Connecticut .  8  63 
Bonnie  Brook  Poultry  Farm,  N.  Y....  14  155 
George  Phillips.  Connecticut  .  6  94 
Hampton  Institute,  Virginia  .  139 
Toth  Bros. ,  Connecticut . .  4  50 
White  Leghorn  Club,  Illinois  .  12  80 
Harry  Williams,  Connecticut  . .  8  121 
Oakcvest  Farm,  New  York .  7  109 
Jas.  K.  Harriugtou,  New  Jersey......  16  168 
Summer  Grove  Farm,  OUio  .  4  87 
Buff  Leghorns. 
L.  E.  Hensley,  Michigan  .  7  27 
O.  L.  Magrey,  Connecticut . C  45 
Black  Leghorns. 
J.  Collinson,  England  .  17  142 
Red  Sussex, 
Dr.  E.  K.  Conrad,  New  Jersey...,..,..  11  24 
Mottled  Anconas. 
Claude  Clinton,  New  Jersey .  9  142 
Elmwood  Farm,  New  York . 4  68 
White  Orpihgtons. 
Obed  G.  Knight,  Rhode  Island . .  12  73 
Oregons. 
Oregon  Agr.  College,  Oregon . .  20  170 
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Laying  rates  21 1  to  267  eggs.  Splendid  breeding 
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A  real  bred-to-lay  strain  of  national  reputation. 
We  offer  well  developed  pullets  and  yearling  hens, 
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Pullets,  $2  each.  Cockerel*,  $3  each.  Day-old  Chicks, 
$15  per  hundred.  Hatching  Eggs,  $7  per  hundred. 
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ANN  A  M.  JONES,  -  Hillsdale,  N.  Y. 
Jenny  was  sent  out  to  play  with  her 
brother  Harry  ami  his  companions.  “Oh, 
you  can't  play,’’  said  Harry.  “Mother 
said  I  could,”  replied  Jenny,  beginning 
to  cry.  “But  we  are  playing  war  and  we 
are  soldiers  and  we  are  going  to  have  a 
battle  and  you  can’t  play  because  you 
can’t  be  a  soldier,”  explained  Harry. 
Jenny  sobbed  in  disappointment.  Harry 
found  the  way  out.  “All  right,”  he  said 
to  his  playmates.  '’We'll  let  her  bawl  as 
much  as  she  wants  to  and  she  can  be  the 
widows  and  orphans. — N.  Y.  Evening 
Post. 
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L.  MILLER 
Highland,  New  York 
Utility  Bar  red  Rocks 
See  their  record  in  lastyears  contest  at  Storrs.  Free 
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Leg  Weakness 
A  Black  Minorca  Tooster  hatched  in 
May  seems  weak  ou  his  legs,  wabbly  and 
cannot  run  without  the  help  of  his  wings. 
I  separated  him  from  the  flock  as  his 
weakness  seemed  to  make  him  the  object 
of  persecution,  gave  him  extra  food  and 
he  seemed  to  improve  though  he  does  not 
seem  able  to  crow.  He  will  not  be  a  de¬ 
sirable  breeder.  The  flock  have  dry  mash 
and  oyster  shells  b.v  them  ail  the  time, 
with  oats  in  the  morning  and  corn  at 
night.  What  would  you  advise  me  to  do? 
New  York.  S.  C. 
This  cockerel  seems  to  he  a  victim  to 
that  obscure  malady  known  as  “leg 
weakness.”  This  trouble  frequently  af¬ 
fects  growing  stock  and  seems  to  attack 
the  males  by  preference.  While  it  has 
been  ascribed  to  rheumatism,  over-feed¬ 
ing,  etc..  I  judge  that  no  one  really  knoxvs 
what  the  exact  cause  is  or  what  condi¬ 
tions  may  bring  it  about.  If  the  cock¬ 
erel  does  not  promptly  recover,  it  will  be 
best  to  kill  him,  and,  even  after  recovery, 
he  should  not  be  admitted  to  the  breed¬ 
ing  pen.  Tliis  trouble  is  at  least  an  in¬ 
dication  of  inherent  wenkuess  that  should 
bar  any  male  from  the  next  season’s 
pens,  regardless  of  recovery.  M.  n.  u. 
rnrKFRFI  S~s-  c  w-  tEGHORNs  b  p  rocks, 
GULIVE,rvE,LO  fj  |  REOS.  W.  WYANOOTTES.  from 
the  wall  known  Gibson  strain.  Twenty  years  bred 
for  heavy  laying.  Fine  healthy  birds  that;  will  in- 
fnso  valuable  blood  into  your  flock.  Galen  Farms, 
6, F.  Gibson,  Owner,  Drawer  C,  Clyde,  Y. 
300  May  Hatched  S.  C.W.  Leghorn  Pullets-^'^11 
W.  Young  blood.  JOHN  LORTUN  LEE,  Carmel.  New  York 
TOM  BARRON 
WYANDOTTE  COCKERELS 
From  imported  stock,  $3.00.  From  1914 
contest  pens,  $5.00. 
L.  L.  STORY,  East  Fairfield,  Vt. 
h _ >•»  T  T  Tom  Barron,  7oc 
J-  If  to  $1.  Only  few  left 
L,  E.INGOLDSBY,  Hartwiek  Seminary,  N.Y, 
A  .  B  .  HALL’S 
S.  C.W.  Leghorn  and  Barred  Rock  Cockerels 
from  same  matings  as  pens  in  EGG  LAYING  CONTEST. 
$3.  $4.  $5.  Whito  Leghorn  baby  chicks,  March  1st, 
$15  100.  A.  B.  HALL,  Wallingford.  Conn. 
LIGHT  BRAHMAS  EXCLUSIVELY 
Fourteenth  year.  Harby  thoroughbred  stock. Cocker- 
els, ,$2.50 each.  Selected  eggs,  13-$1.25,  o(l-$3  50,  100-$6 
Haystack  Mountain  Farm,  Norfolk,  Conn. 
Purebred  White  Holland  Turkeys 
arron  Stock. 
S.  W.  Leghorns.  White  Wyandottes, Coelc birds, 
Cockerels,  Yearling  Hens  and  Pallets,  out  of  direct 
importation  from  the  World's  greater.*  layers.  Cnta- 
IvgUO  free.  BroaKliuld  Poultry  Firm,  R,  F.  0.  Ho.  3,'Grsaiilcs,  Ohio 
-JOHN  E.  SMITH 
S  ha  ron ,  C  onn  e  c  t  i  cu  t 
April  Leghorn 
Jing  liens,  SI.  Pedigreed  (’ollio  pups.  $5.  Trained 
bred  Collies  cheap.  ALTAVISTA  FARM.  Darlington,  Mil 
Barron  WhiteLeghorn  Cockerels  linlglsts il aDrT- ofln 
Wyandotte  cockerels.  Pedigrees  all  over  200.  Im 
ported  bix-ds.  Barron  Farm,  ConneUsvllle,  I‘:i 
WHITE  LEGHORN  PULLETS 
3  months  old.  Also  cockerels,  including  Barron 
strain.  Booking  orders  now  Write  your  wants. 
HAMILTON  TABU,  .  Huntington,  >.  Y. 
S.  C.  WEte  Leghorn  Pullets 
each.  Riverdale  Toultry  Farm,  Rimiiale,  N.  J. 
